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Lake Lugano

Lake Lugano (Italian Lago di Lugano or Ceresio) is a lake in the south-east of Switzerland, at the border between Switzerland and Italy. The lake is situated between Lago Maggiore and Lago di Como. Places at the lake include:

• Lugano (CH)
• Castagnola (CH)
• Gandria (CH/I)
• Porlezza (I)
• Campione d'Italia (I)
• Capolago (CH)
• Porto Ceresio (I)
• Ponte Tresa (I/CH)
• Agno (CH)
• Figino (CH)
• Morcote (CH)
• Melide (CH)

Some of these places are in Switzerland (CH), others in Italy (I).

The lake's surface of 48.7 km² is 270 m above sea level. Its volume is 6 500 million m³ and maximum depth 288 m.

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